Two surprises. I just watched a 20min video on different types of glue It was actually quite interesting and informative   Two questions. Which glue did you use on the sides?  I’m guessing the Bagpress-recommended Resin glue of some kind?…   Read more»

It’s very effective @nsj – works well 👍   I did some experimenting with the CNC with a similar idea – except I was just cutting the channel in the material and avoiding the step of having to fill in…   Read more»

@tv101 yeh alumium tubing off ebay, 6mm with 4mm internal diameter. I also got smaller stuff for the side dots, had to sand a 2.5mm drill bit down to about 2.4mm seeing I could only find imperial but it works….   Read more»

Next day, the other side was a doddle by comparison.

I decided to try and simplify things by bending and gluing the sides, which only require bending the lamination in one plane – not two. We chose the side with the least curves too:

I had pre-assembled the veneers…   Read more»

Before I continue with this enthralling build, I’ll just clarify that veneer softener is normally used to flatten veneer that is warping and curling. Once applied, the veneers are wrapped in paper towel or similar and then stacked between platens….   Read more»